Shoe-horn.



H. BROOKS SHOE HORN.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1. 1915.

Patented May 1, 1917.

nivrr EUGH BROOKS, F GLASG OW, MONTANA.

SHOE-HORN.

Specification of Letters Yatent.

Patented May fl, 19M.

Application filed June 1, 1915. Serial No. 31,582.

To all, whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH BRooKs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Glasgow, in the county of Valley and State of Montana, have invented certain Improvements in Shoe-Horns; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The general object of this invention is to admit of the application of shoes or slippers to the feet and also the application of over shoes to the ordinary shoes, to be more easily conveniently and expeditiously carried out; and to this end the invention consists of a tubular body having a shoe-horn located at one end thereof, adapted to be positioned within the shoe, slipper or rubber, and a longitudinally slidable jaw located within the body and normally held in spaced ep. gagement wi'h the shoe horn, and a lever carried by the body and having engagement with the" sliding and adapted to force the latter in the direction of the shoe horn, whereby to admit of the clamping of the heel counter between the jaw and the shoe horn.

With the above and other objects in view as will more fully appear from the embodimeri. of my invention, of which the following is a specification reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming apart thereof, in which Figure 1 is a side View of the device applied to the heel of a slipper.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on the line A-A of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of the clamping jaw 10.

Referring to the drawings more in detail the numeral 1 designates a tubular body member, provided with an enlarged head 2, upon which is mounted a shoe horn -3, the said shoe horn being secured to the head by means of a suitable fastening element 4t, the opposite end of the body being provided with a handle 5. The head -2- is provided, at a point below the point of connection with the shoe horn with a recess -6- which opens into the opposite sides and the bottom of the head 9v, and is spaced from the interior of the tubular body 1 by means of vertical wall 7, the said wall 7 having an opening 8 therein communicating with the recess 6' and interior of the body 1 I Slidably mounted within the body is a rod -9 being extended through the opening in the wall T and provided with substantially semi-circular clamping jaw 10. The rod has mounted thereon an expansion helical spring --11-, one end of the spring bearing against the adjacent face of the wall 7- and the opposite end bearing against a pin 12- which extends transversely through the rod 9, at a point adjacent the rear end of the rod, and normally holds the jaw 1 0 in spaced relation to the shoe horn "3, the said pin 12- having one end projecting below the rod 9 and adapted to engage against a pin 13 which passes transversely through the body, so as to limit the move ment of the rod.

The body --1 has formed thereon, at a point substantially below the point of juncture with the handle -5-,-, a pair of depending ears 1l-. A lever 15- is disposed below the handle 5 and has one end provided with an enlarged head -16-, the said head being positioned between the ears -l4: and pivoted therebetween by means of a pivot pin -17, which has its opposite ends located within the cars 14.-. The free end of the head 16 is provided with a cut-away portion so as to provide a vertical shoulder -18, designed to bear against the adjacent or rear end of the rod 9, and a horizontally extending shoulder -19 which is positioned below the tubular body and underlies a pair of depending flanges 20 and 21- formed on the inner surface of the body. The lever -15, when in normal inoperative position extends downwardly at an angle to the handle -5, by virtue of the pressure exerted thereon by the rod 9-, and when in this position, the shoulder -19- is adapted to engage the under surface of the flanges 20 and 21 and limit the downward movement of the lever.

This engagement between the shoulder -19- and the flanges -20 and 21, also prevent strain being exerted on the pins -12 and --l3-, should the lever 15 descend with considerable force.

In operation the lower end of the shoe horn 3 is positioned within the heel counter of the shoe or rubber as shown in Fig. 1, and the lever l5 is drawn upwardly, resulting 1n the forward movement of the rod -9 and. positioning of t e jaw ].0 in engagement with the outer surface of the heel counter, so that the said heel counter may he clamped between thr jaw and the horn. When the device is s positioned, upward pull is exerted thereon, which results in easy and expeditious application of the shoe or rubber, as the case may be, to the foot or ordinary shoe.

The horn -3 is provided with a pair of curved extensions -i22- and 23-, which. are adapted, when the horn is post tioned Within the heel counter of the shoe, to eneage along the inner surface of the sides of the counter, and the opposite ends of the jaw --10- are of such length that when the jaw is in enga erment ,with the outer surface of the counter the said ends will extend along the side of the counter for the entire length of the extensions '22- and -23. construction permits of a large area ofv the hee counter being clamped between the jaw and the horn 3--, and overcomes any danger of injury beingdone to the counter; When it is de cited to remove the device from the shoe, the

pressure is released on the let whereby permitting the spring -i.i expand and to withdraw the jaw l0 from engagement with the heel counter.

What is claimed is:

l. A device of the class described c0mprising a tubular body, a shoe horn carried by the body and provided with a pair of curved extensions, said extensions being adapted when the shoe horn is positioned within the shoe to engage along the inner surface of the sides of the heel counter of the shoe, a se1ni-circular jaw slidably mounted upon the body and adapted when in one position to engage the outer surface of the sides of the heel counter, at points opposite the shoe \horn and the curved extensions, and means for operating the said movable jaw.

2. A device of the class described. comprising a tubular body, a shoe horn carried by the body, a jaw in said body adapted to straddle said horn, and means for longitudinally sliding said jaw in said body.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HUGH BROOKS. 

